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• What are some other beautiful literary phrases, such as "Cellar Door"?

  Asked by MrsDufresne | 18 responses

• Can climate affect language?

  Asked by squirrelfreak | 12 responses

• Can you come up with modifications of the word "trend"?

  Asked by rdesai2013 | 11 responses

• Can you author a post that contains not a solitary showing of that symbol fifth in rank out of our 26 script-signs (found amidst "d" and "f")?

  Asked by PhiNotPi | 36 responses

• Do you ever get the feeling people are trying simply to out do you, with no other purpose than one-up-man-ship?

  Asked by ththththth | 10 responses

• When your parents swore, what were their favored cuss words or phrases?

  Asked by Imadethisupwithnoforethought | 25 responses

• Where did the phrase "tongue in cheek" come from?

  Asked by KhiaKarma | 4 responses

• What is the difference between epistemology and ontology?

  Asked by sushilovinfun | 5 responses

• Can a word exist without a sound or letters?

  Asked by stump | 44 responses

• Do/why do languages trend away from synthesis over time?

  Asked by DominicX | 12 responses

• Can you invent a needed portmanteau?

  Asked by ETpro | 18 responses

• When do you expect a major spelling reform of the English language?

  Asked by mattbrowne | 58 responses

• What is the best nickname you've ever heard or given?

  Asked by JonnyCeltics | 26 responses

• Career paths with languages that aren't teaching?

  Asked by ilvorangeiceblocks | 17 responses

• Do you know of any books that critique texting, instant messaging, or casual speech/writing among teens and young adults througout history?

  Asked by flash74686 from iPhone | 4 responses

• (NSFW) -- JIC. Why is so much of English language profanity four letters long?

  Asked by ETpro | 16 responses

• Did you create your own language? How far did you get?

  Asked by PhiNotPi | 10 responses

• What's the rationale for "this," instead of "this", (comma outside the double quote)

  Asked by rexpresso | 8 responses

• What do you think of Oxford's top ten list of most irritating phrases?

  Asked by fireside | 52 responses

• Are there any statistic research on peoples' use (count) of each character in the alphabet?

  Asked by hced | 11 responses

• What's the difference, for you, between "bravery" and "courage"?

  Asked by msbauer | 11 responses

• Why are certain words so appealing?

  Asked by Haleth | 6 responses

• If you don't put the word "some" before a noun referring to people, does that imply you mean "every single one" of those people?

  Asked by Demosthenes | 17 responses

• If you created your own language, would you style it after any in particular? What would you call it?

  Asked by Knotmyday | 23 responses

• I have a question for you linguists and philos and biblios: why are tough and enough not pronounced like cough, and why are slouch and couch not pronounced like touch?

  Asked by Zen_Again | 29 responses

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